Assistant Principal-range 1

Location: Geelong

Job type: Part time / From 10/02/2025 - 09/02/2030

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1461686

**Location Profile**:
Oberon Primary School is situated in Belmont, a vibrant suburb of Geelong. We have 230 students and continue to secure increasing enrolments. Our school has a strong community focused culture where staff, students and parents work diligently as a team in order to deliver the most worthwhile and robust educational programs possible.
We are committed to continuous refinement and development of our teaching practices which is reflected in our students learning opportunities and experiences at every level across the school.
Our philosophy is based around the development of the whole individual child. Our students benefit from programs that are personalised, enabling them to experience success and to reach their full potential.
We have successfully implemented the Gr8 Values program which over the course of the year has regularly focused on ten attributes that highlight the importance of hard work, being a team player and caring about others to name a few.
Our classrooms are quite spacious, featuring the latest technology. Daily student access to iPads, Netbooks and computers in our Library/Computer Centre has enhanced the learning experience of all our students, making their classrooms stimulating and motivating places to be.
Oberon PS is supported by an energetic School Council and Parent Club which highly value and actively encourage widespread parent involvement. We welcome future challenges as we strive to continue to provide high quality educational experiences for each of our students.

**Selection Criteria**:
**(a) Educational leadership**

(i) Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school.

(ii) Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.

**(b) Financial, managerial and administrative ability**

(i) Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.

**(c) Planning, policy and program development and review**

(i) Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes.

(ii) Demonstrated ability to implement Department policies and initiatives to a high level.

(iii) An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.

**(d) Leadership of staff and students**

(i) A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team.

(ii) A clear capacity to foster a learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students and helps students to develop their special abilities and talents.

**(e) Interpersonal and communication skills**

(i) Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group and community contexts.

(ii) Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity and integrity.

(iii) An ability to work with parents and the community to develop a strong learning environment.

**(f) School Based Criteria**
- (i) Demonstrated capacity to lead and manage the implementation of the Disability Inclusion Reform and Mental Health Fund and Menu Initiative.

**Role**:
The assistant principal reports directly to the principal.

Assistant principals have a primary responsibility for the management of significant areas or functions within the school to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program. In exercising the responsibility, assistant principals will have the authority to make all significant decisions relating to the program, budget and staff relating to their area of designated responsibility within the framework of the school's strategic plan, policies and budget. Assistant principals will contribute to the overall management of the school through involvement in policy formulation and decision making.

The management of significant school program or functional areas in schools involve assistant principals in the analysis of the needs of students and the translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.

Typically assistant principals will be responsible for the effective use of the teaching staff and program budget of a defined area of the school's operation and for the oversight and leadership of the educational programs provided utilising these resources.

**Responsibilities**:
Typically, assistant principals perform one or more of the following functions:

- supervision and coordination of the work of senior curriculum or level coordinators;
- allocation of budgets, positions of responsibility and other resources within the area of responsibility;
- supervision of the delivery of teaching programs;
- manage